Nitrous Wars
Nitrous Wars
THIS LITTLE BOOK IS ONE MAN’S PLAIN-SPEECH account of being drawn into motorcycle drag racing, of breaking the parts you have to break to learn, and of somehow persisting and struggling to the top of his class. In the story, former Pro Star and IDBA record-holder Ed Killar tells his readers things that took him hard years to discover. This is the true test of real enthusiasm-to freely give the gold you’ve found to others so that they can find in it the same pleasures you have.
What is nitrous oxide? It’s a gas that is more than three times richer in oxygen than is the atmosphere. Injected from a pressure bottle into an engine’s intake manifold together with enough extra fuel to react with the oxygen it releases, nitrous oxide can boost power as far as you have the know-how and persistence to take it. For the drag racer, nitrous is a habit-forming drug.
Nitrous Wars is a soft-bound, compact book, filled with
more than 40 black-andwhite photos. There is useful, specific information here, and there is also the unashamed passion of the 100 percent racer. Either is worth the price.
-Kevin Cameron
Nitrous Wars, The Black Book of Nitrous Oxide Racing, Ed Killar, 108 pages, $15; The Black Cat Company, 148 E. Honeyhollow Rd., Earlton, NY 12058; 518/731-2335
